ELBC Walks Into a Bar

Topics: Employment Law, Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, Policies, by Heather Bussing
A lawyer, a nun, a priest, an Irishman, a minister, a Scotsman, a rabbi and a blonde walk into a bar. The bartender looks at them and asks, “Is this some kind of joke?”
 

Five Links: Hot New Technologies

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
This week’s links focus on an amazing array of workforce technology with personal and automatic assessment solutions taking center stage.
 

When Companies Ignore Law

Topics: Futures, Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, Technology and Law, by Heather Bussing
If you read uber or airbnb’s terms of service you learn that neither company is responsible if something bad happens. Why?
 

HRExaminer v5.10

In our multi-part series, Quantified HR, John Sumser shows how HR will increasingly be a quantified sport and files his next Google Glass Field Report, where he tells of the world he’s experiencing through his new lenses. Marc Effron has No Comment, but it’s not what it sounds like. Heather Bussing points out the warning signs in When Companies Stop Innovating. In today’s live HR Examiner Radio show at 2PM Eastern John interviews Bucky Couch, head of the Lumesse Americas region. Enjoy!
 

Quantified HR 2: Hiring Analytics

We’re just beginning to understand how to ask the questions that get HR’s customers the decision support that they need.
 

When Companies Stop Innovating

The way to tell when a company has stopped innovating is when it starts filing lawsuits to protect the status quo.
 

Quantified HR

Topics: Big Data, Data, HR Trends, HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
HR will increasingly be a quantified sport. The core notion will be that the workplace needs to know you.
 

No Comment

“We need far more offerings of original thought then we do evaluative comments about what others think. ” – Marc Effron
 

Google Glass Field Note 2: First Impressions

Google Glass: “The adjustment period is very rich. I think the transition is one of those mind opening things like getting immersed in a new culture.” – John Sumser
 

HRExaminer v5.09

Dive into Five Links, an Engaging Mish Mash of stories that are likely to leave you better off than when you found them. Heather Bussing angles for an Oscar in, When Content Ownership Doesn’t Matter, and warms up for her acceptance speech with a rant on computer angst in, One Minute Remaining. John Sumser discusses the Obamacare website debacle in, The Desire For Certainty, and closes out this issue with his interview of Jeanne Achille, CEO and founder of the award-winning agency Devon. Enjoy!